{"id":60747,"date":"2024-12-29T21:39:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60747"},"modified":"2024-12-29T21:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:39:29","slug":"ship-seized-for-damaging-underwater-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/ship-seized-for-damaging-underwater-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Ship seized for damaging underwater cable"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELSINKI: Finnish authorities on Saturday transferred a ship under investigation for its suspected role in sabotaging an undersea power cable between Finland<\/a> and Estonia.<\/p>\n

The ship, the Eagle S tanker, has been under investigation since Thursday as part of an investigation into \u201cescalating sabotage\u201d of the EastLink 2 submarine cable, a key power link in the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n

Finnish authorities believe the ship may have ties to Russia, amid rising tensions following Russia<\/a>\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Christmas Day cable disruption is the latest in a series of incidents that Western authorities suspect are acts of sabotage related to the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

The Cook Islands-flagged Eagle S was towed to Finland\u2019s southern coast near Porvoo on Saturday before being moved to an anchorage in Porvoo, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Helsinki.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has taken possession of the Eagle S,\u201d Finnish police said in a statement, confirming the ship\u2019s transfer. The new location was chosen to facilitate further investigative measures.<\/p>\n

Investigations aboard the ship are set to resume at the new anchorage. Officials noted that the move provides a more conducive environment for detailed questioning.<\/p>\n

Tensions in the Baltic Sea region have risen significantly since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. The severing of the Estlink 2 cable follows an incident in October when two telecommunications cables were severed in Swedish waters.<\/p>\n

In response to the developments, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced on Friday that the alliance would strengthen its military presence in the Baltic Sea to address growing security concerns.<\/p>\n

Finnish customs officials suspect that the Eagle S is part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” a network of ships used to transport Russian crude oil and other banned products amid international sanctions.<\/p>\n

The investigation is still ongoing, as authorities work to uncover the extent of the ship’s involvement in sabotage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HELSINKI: Finnish authorities on Saturday transferred a ship under investigation for its suspected role in sabotaging an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia. The ship, the Eagle S tanker, has been under investigation since Thursday as part of an investigation into \u201cescalating sabotage\u201d of the EastLink 2 submarine cable, a key power link in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[2009,532,25282],"class_list":["post-60747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","category-world","tag-finland","tag-russia","tag-underwater-cable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60748,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60747\/revisions\/60748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}